There aren’t many days that a new episode of Joanne Rideout’s The Ship Report podcast is published that I don’t include listening to it in the activities that begin my day. Not only does it remind me of the town in which I was raised, it often contains interesting information about the natural history of the lower Columbia River.
For example, in recent episodes Ms. Rideout has taken up such topics as salt water intrusion into the Columbia River and the re-introduction of Kokanee Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) into the river to include along with her usual presentation of important weather and maritime traffic news of the day.
